Proton-M

Russia’s TASS news agency said December 9th that a planned Proton-M launch of a military satellite, scheduled for December 10th, has now been postponed. The pause will permit the Proton team to carry out extra checks on the system which separates the satellite from the rocket – which is where the Soyuz launch went wrong. […]

Igor Komarov who heads up the Russian Roscosmos Space Agency stated Jun 3 that Russia intended to move more speedily to replacing its now troubled Proton launch rocket, reported news agency TASS. He said that recent failures, including a lost satellite launch in May, meant that rocket builders Krunichev would be switching to its newer […]

The Russian Space Agency through the Foreign Ministry has officially informed the Kazakh government on the date of next Proton launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on Tuesday. “The Proton carrying Astra 2E communications satellite will be launched on September 30, in compliance with the bilateral agreement on the Baikonur cosmodrome leasing,” […]

PARIS — The Russian Proton rocket’s return to flight following its spectacular July 2 failure has been rescheduled for Sept. 30 following a review of a first-stage valve issue and discussions between the Russian and Kazakh governments over launch safety issues, the company responsible for commercial Proton launches said Sept. 20. International Launch Services (ILS) […]

No more than five Proton-M rockets may be launched from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) before the end of this year if the launches resume in September, a Baikonur spokesman said. “The number of launches is limited by the capacity of the station fueling Briz-M upper stages of Proton-M rockets. The station can fuel only one upper stage […]